Essential Lives Set 8

Throughout history, there have been those whose extraordinary ideas have shaped today's world. Essential Lives offers access to these incredible individuals and their stories. With these biographies, readers will learn about their families, educational backgrounds, and what inspired them. They will discover how these fascinating figures overcame challenges and persevered through failure to impact humanity. In this completely revamped look, easy-to-read text allows readers to discover how these Essential Lives changed the course of history and continue to inspire people today.

Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Reviewed, Sources for further research, Table of contents, and Timeline of key events

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Essential Lives Set 8 - Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on 1 April 2014

. . . useful for report writers.

Essential Lives Set 8 - School Library Journal

Reviewed on 1 February 2014

These biographies each begin with a pivotal event in the subject’s life. The authors don’t hesitate to discuss controversies in the lives of the subjects. . . . The texts are broken up with color photos and sidebars featuring quotes and information on related people and issues.

Essential Lives Set 8 - Booklist

Reviewed on 1 October 2013

This series does an excellent job of depicting each individual as a nuanced human rather than an icon.

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